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KIDNEY DISEASE KIDNEY DISEASE BY BROAD AGE GROUP, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people—2012–13 In 2012–13, similar rates of kidney disease were reported by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in non-remote and remote areas (both about 2%). CHANGE OVER TIME The prevalence of kidney disease in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population did not change significantly between 2001 and 2012–13 (rates of 1% and 2%, respectively). HOW DO THESE RATES COMPARE WITH THE RATES FOR NON-INDIGENOUS PEOPLE? After adjusting for differences in age structure between the two populations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were significantly more likely than non-Indigenous people to have kidney disease (rate ratio of 3.7). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males were four times as likely as non-Indigenous males to have kidney disease (rate ratio of 4.0), while for females the rate ratio was slightly lower at 3.5. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 45–54 years were three times as likely as non-Indigenous people in this age group to have kidney disease. Among people aged 55 years and over, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were 4.4 times as likely as non-Indigenous people to have kidney disease. ENDNOTE 1. http://www.kidney.org.au/kidneydisease/tabid/578/default.aspx - accessed 11 November 2013
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